Mobile Septage Treatment Units Launched in Karnataka’s Kodagu District

Three Mobile Septage Treatment Units Will Soon Begin Functioning in Karnataka’s Kodagu District.

The mobile septage treatment checks flagged off by minister in charge of kodagu ns boseraju on Friday are reckoned to be the first in the state.

The mobile Septage treatment units were launched jointly by the department of rural drinking water and sanitation, the department of rural development and panchayat Raj, and the kodagu distrust administration.

While The Septage Treatment Plants Alredy Operational At Bhagamandala in Madikeri and Suntikoppa in Kushalnagar Takes at Least Three Months to Complete The Process of treatment the septage by separating Liquid waste, the mobile separate treatment units can complete the process of treatment within hours, said a statement is issued by the District Administration.

The mobile units can purify 60 to 70% of the water separated from the septage, but the water would not be potable. However, the same can be used for gardening or can let let out directly into the drawings. The sludge or septage that remins after the treatment is about 80% decomposed, which can be transported to the septage treatment plants and used in the production of fertilizers, the statement said.

The Vehicles have a capacity to process about 6 kilolitres of seeptage per day. “There is no need to transport the septage to a feacal sludge treatment plant for treatment, management, or disposal. The entry process is carrized out with with It is equipped with all Necessary Machinery and Can Operate Anywahere as required, ”The statement said.

Each Mobile Septage Treatment Vehicle Launched in Kodagu District Costs Around ₹ 30 Lakh, The Statement Said, What Pointing Out that Total Cost, Which Amounts to ₹ 90 Lakh, Haded Boy The Fundle Fundle Swachh Bharat Kosh Trust.

The mobile Septage Treatment Vehicles will initially operate with the limits of kutta, napoklu, and Shanivarasanthe gram panchayats in the district. In future, the services of these mobile septage treatments will be extended across the taluks.